Breeders' Cup: Arrogate runs down California Chrome in Classic

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Arrogate (left) got up to beat California Chrome at the post in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park.

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Arrogate wins Breeders' Cup Classic

Beats California Chrome

Third in a row for trainer Bob Baffert

California Chrome may race one more time

(CNN)Billed as the triumphant finale to a triumphant year, the Breeders' Cup Classic ended in a first defeat of 2016 for California Chrome Saturday as young pretender Arrogate ran him down in the final stretch at Santa Anita.

Former Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Chrome, with jockey Victor Espinoza, was six for six this year with £13 million career earnings to make him the richest horse in American thoroughbred history, but all good things come to an end.

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He said: "I'm very proud of the way he ran and there are no excuses. What can I say, he ran his eyeballs out. This was really a great race. He will be back for sure."

Jockey Smith was extending his record haul of Breeders' Cup victories to 25 and is predicted to win many more prestigious races with Arrogate, who first showed his potential with a 13 1/4-length victory at the Travers Stakes in August.